General Index
Adam and Eve, ; and the fall, , ; and the garden of Eden, , , ; and God’s boundaries,
addiction, ; the dynamic of, , ; sexual, ,
asceticism, ; chief worldview of, ; etiology of the word, ; misunderstanding of the nature of God’s creation and of human beings,
authority, ; God’s authority, ; human authority, ; mistaken Western philosophical view of,
big-picture sex, , ; connected to God’s eternity, ; connected to God’s existence, ; connected to God’s glory, ; connected to God’s purpose, ; connected to God’s redemption, ; connected to God’s revelation,
boundaries, God’s setting of, , ; and Adam and Eve,
change, , ; helpful questions for facilitation of,
confession: David’s prayer of (Psalm 51), ; to God, , , , ; relational,
creation, ; and the concepts of design and ownership, ; and the Creator-creature distinction, ; as penultimate, . See also
creation, implications of, ; all of life is spiritual, ; God as center of all things, ; God as creator and owner of all that exists, ; God is worthy of our worship,
David: adultery of with Bathsheba, ; God’s presence with, ; prayer of confession (Psalm 51),
Devil, the, ; lies of, , , , ; temptation of Eve,
disobedience, ; as a condition of the heart, ; and ownership posture, ; and self-swindling,
glory, ; the glory orientation of human beings, ; of God, , , , ; sign glory, ; ultimate glory,
God: authority of, ; as center of all things, ; as creator and owner of all that exists, ; existence of, ; forgiveness of, ; glory of, , , , ; love of, ; presence of, ; purpose of, , ; revelation of, , ; sovereignty of, ; as a spirit, . See also
gospel, the, preaching of to yourself: change is possible, ; I am forgiven, ; I am never alone, ; I have all the resources I need, ; I have been given rich wisdom for daily living, ; it’s guaranteed that my struggle with sin will end, ; only the riches of grace satisfy my heart, ; there is someone who understands me, ; weakness is not my big problem, but my delusion of strength is,
gospel, the, and sex, , , ; you can live in a new and better way, ; you can quit thinking that change is impossible, ; you don’t have to be ashamed that you’re a sexual being, ; you don’t have to deny the fallenness of the world around you, ; you don’t have to deny that you’re a sinner, ; you don’t have to fight your battle alone, ; you don’t have to hide in guilt and fear, ; you don’t have to question God’s patient love,
grace, , , , , , , , , , ; and change, ; as “God for us,” ; as inseparable, ; as intervening, ; and pleasure, ; as providing, ; as uncomfortable, ; as unstoppable,
heart principles: you need to admit that this side of eternity, your heart is fickle, ; you need to confess that your behavior always reveals more about you than about your situation, location, or relationships, ; you need to face the fact that this side of eternity, your heart is deceptive, ; you need to face the fact that your body will wander where your heart has already gone, ; you need to know what the Bible is talking about when it talks about the heart, ; you need to realize that this side of eternity, your heart is susceptible, ; you need to realize that what controls your heart will direct your behavior, ; you need to understand that the heart is always functioning under the rule of something,
hiding, because of guilt and fear, ,
Holy Spirit: and God’s intervening grace, ; as the warrior Spirit,
hopelessness, ; as the doorway to hope,
insanity, sexual, , , , , , , , , , ,
Jesus Christ, , ; exposure of to temptation, ; as the firstfruits, ; as Master, ; presence of, ; resurrection of, ; as Savior, ; and wisdom, , . See also
Jesus Christ, cross of, , ; purpose of,
law, of God, , ; and antinomianism, ; as God’s ordained moral claim on the believer’s life as his creature, ; limits of, , . See also
love: of God, ; loving God, ; loving your neighbor, ; willingness as the core character quality of true love,
mastery, , , ; Jesus Christ as Master, ; as the principle of principles,
obedience, , , ; as an attitude of the heart, ; and boundaries, ; “without challenge,” ; “without delay,” ; “without excuse,”
ownership, , , ; God as the creator and owner of all that exists,
pleasure, ; asking the wrong thing of pleasure, ; asking the wrong way, ; as God’s creation, ; and grace, ; purpose of, . See also
pleasure, and the Eden hermeneutic: the ascetics have it wrong, ; pleasure demands boundaries, ; pleasure is God-glorifying, ; when it comes to pleasure, what seems good is often not good, ; your life of pleasure is protected only by pleasure,
pornography, ; on the Internet, , , ,
reconciliation: to God, , ; relational reconciliation,
revelation: general revelation, ; special revelation (see )
Scripture, , ; boundary view of, ; wisdom in,
sex: as an act of worship, , (see also worship commands; worship principles); in advertising, ; in contemporary culture, ; as deeply spiritual, ; illicit sex, ; individualization of, , , , ; purpose of, ; the way pastors and Christian parents talk about sex, , . See also big-picture sex; gospel, the, and sex; little-picture sex; sex, as inescapably relational
sex, as inescapably relational, ; and commitment to community, ; and loving God, ; and loving your neighbor,
sexual dysfunction, , ; and relational confession and reconciliation,
sexual sin, , , ; as a heart problem, , (see also ); as sin for which Jesus Christ died, ; as a violation of the believer’s relationship with Jesus Christ,
Sibbes, Richard, on the tender heart,
sin, , ; the believer and remaining sin, , , , . See also
spiritual-secular dichotomy, ,
suffering, ; impact of on sexuality, ; as the universal experience of everyone living between the already and the not yet,
unity, with Christ, , , ; and the believer as sober celebrant,
worship, as one’s identity as a human being,
worship commands, , ; the command to flee sexual immorality, ; the command to glorify God in your body,